RIVERSIDE young gun Curtis Main is relishing the chance to shoot down the European Champions.

The in-form striker, pictured, has been Boro’s most potent player over the bleak spell in recent weeks with three goals in four games. Those three goals have come in successive Riverside games - and he is hoping for a chance to continue that run against Chelsea tonight.

“I scored against Millwall but it wasn’t a great feeling afterwards because the team lost,” he said.

“We need to start keeping clean sheets because then when you score a goal it really counts for something.

“Of course I’d love to score against Chelsea. Especially if it counted for something and we got a positive result.

“We’ve had a bit of a poor run of results of late but we have a perfect opportunity to put that behind us against Chelsea.

“And we will be going out trying to win and progress. I’m really looking forward to it. It will be a fantastic night. I’ll enjoy it even more if I am involved and playing. It would be a big test for me.”

Main arrived at Boro after being released by Darlington where he made his debut as a schoolboy. He broke through last year and played in the Riverside FA Cup clash with Sunderland but this would be his biggest game to date. And he isn’t fazed.

“They are one of the biggest teams in England and they are the European Champions so it is a big, big step up for us and we know it will be tough,” he said.

“But it is a cup game and we are at home and you never know. We’ve all seen funny results in knockout competitions. We’ll give it our best shot and see what happens.”